Officials of the Michigan Department of Community Health held a meeting on Monday, Jan 5th, 2009 to propose rules for administering the new state medical marijuana registry. Critics, among them Greg Francisco who is executive director of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association, call the proposed rules “inappropriate” and accuse the MDCH of attempting to take on the role of investigatory or law enforcement duty.
The principal drafter of the law Karen O’Keefe submitted 22 changes to the rules saying “Voters enacted Proposal 1 as written …. the department’s role is to implement the law, not rewrite it.” O’Keefe is the dicector of state policies for the Marijuana Policy Project, a nonprofit organization.
The full story by Todd A. Heywood can be read at the Michigan Messenger.
Thu 8 Jan 2009